With manufacturers expecting over 1,000,000 product-liability suits annually by 1980, more and more emphasis must be placed on safety and failure prevention. Companies with a poor track record, and which deal with ‘”accident prone” equipment, have little choice if they plan to survive the onslaught of an aroused, safety-minded and suit-conscious public. This paper is the first of a two-part series dealing with safety considerations in fluid-power systems. In this part, a panorama view is presented· of the factors that should motivate the fluidpower industry to take immediate action to ensure that safety is designed into their products. Time is of the essence, and we must get our house in order now.

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Product safety must be our business-not a sideline or an activity that our trade 01: technical association performs for us. As emphasized in Part 1 of this report, with the everchanging public attitudes, climate of the courts, standards being approved, and edicts by the government; this is no time to “stick our heads in the sand.” This paper is oriented toward the fluid-power industry and not only offers a safe product design approach but also attempts to put fluid power-type failures into proper perspective. Specific solutions to critical and inherent problems are presented to taunt and provoke the reader in finding practical answers to save our industry.

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